In the early years of Chenghua, Yang Jizong was promoted to the prefect of Jiaxing, Zhejiang. When he went to office, he was followed only by one servant, and after his arrival, he often summoned the village fathers and elders to inquire about their illness, helped him, and vigorously established social studies. Whenever he encountered a scholar, Yang Jizong treated him with courtesy, and teachers and Confucian students in the government competed to persuade them to learn, and for a while, culture and education flourished.
Once, inspector Yu Shi Kongru went to Jiaxing to clean up his military rank and violently "enforced the law," causing chickens and dogs to jump, and the common people could not be at peace, and some elderly people could not withstand the toss, and after a few words of confrontation, they were beaten and killed. Yang Jizong was very indignant about this, and Zhang Bang announced: "Whoever has been killed by Yushi' family can come to the palace to register." Kong Ru saw that Yang Jizong did not buy it so much, and he was furious, saying that the little prefect dared to manage the imperial history. Yang Jizong was not afraid to touch the tiger's ass, and went to see Kong Ru and said unceremoniously: "There is a certain system for governing the country, and officials at all levels have different responsibilities. As the inspector of imperial history, Lord Kong should impeach lawlessness and eliminate adultery. As for going door to door to check the household registration, it was a matter for local officials, and there was no need for Yushi to personally take care of it. ”
Kong Ru was a special picket official to supervise the imperial history, and everywhere he went, the local officials all patted their horses and greeted each other, but they did not expect to be bumped by the small prefect, and they felt that they had lost face, so they held a grudge in their hearts and waited for an opportunity to take revenge. Until he was about to leave Jiaxing, Kong Ru did not catch any handle from Yang Jizong, so he thought: There is no one who is an official who does not love money, and Yang Jizong is a prefect in such a rich Jiaxing, can he not scrape some land? It would be better to catch him by surprise. Therefore, Kong Ru took several retinues to resign to Yang Jizong under the pretext of suddenly breaking into the prefect's yamen and directly into Yang Jizong's residence. Seeing that his room was empty and there was nothing of value, only a box at the head of the bed, he rushed forward to open the box, only a few sets of worn-out clothes inside, and had to go away in sorrow.
There were eunuchs passing through Jiaxing, and Yang Jizong, out of courtesy, gave them local specialties such as Lingjiao and Qishi. Who knew that these eunuchs were used to asking for money in other places, and they couldn't see these things at all, and they asked for money when they opened their mouths. Yang Jizong immediately issued a public message to let them collect the gold and silver in the treasury. The eunuchs were so frightened that they had to leave.
At the end of his nine-year term, Yang Jizong was promoted to zhejiang envoy. Zhang Qing, the eunuch of Zhejiang Zhenshou, was very arrogant, and Yang Jizong had offended him many times for his official duties. Zhang Qing's older brother Zhang Min (張敏), who was in charge of ceremonies, often slandered Yang Jizong in front of Emperor Xianzong. Xianzong said, "Aren't you talking about yang Jizong who 'doesn't take any money privately'?" Zhang Min was panicked and wrote to Zhang Qing: "Treat Yang Jizong well, the emperor already knows him." ”
Later, when his mother died, Yang Jizong immediately cleaned up all the utensils in the official office and handed them over to the official palace, returning to his hometown with only one servant and a few books. After the end of the shou system, Yang Jizong inspected The Suncheon Mansion with the Right Imperial History. Within Gyeonggi, all those who encroached on the property of the people by the powerful and powerful were immediately retaken and returned to the people. He also patrolled the passes, and the armament was greatly improved. Encountering the star mutation, Yang Jizong should be edicted to Shangshu, the eunuchs of Chen and the courtiers of Wenwu were corrupt and cruel, and asked to recall the eunuchs who left the town, so they were even more jealous of the magnates. At that time, some Korean and Chinese officials falsely accused him of negligence, and the magnates took the opportunity to slander him, and he was demoted to deputy envoy of Yunnan.
After Emperor Xiaozong of Ming ascended the throne, Yang Jizong was reappointed as an envoy to Huguang. When he arrived, he had people call hundreds of pounds of water, rinse the hall, and then deal with the affairs, which means "to remove filth." Shortly after his appointment, he also toured Yunnan with the imperial history of the capital. At that time, there were many old colleagues in Yunnan, and after meeting them, he saluted his colleagues and said: "Tomorrow I will do my work, and I hope that the king can give me understanding." "Then the eight incompetents were removed. He died shortly thereafter.